Simone Chiaretta is a software developer and architect, coding on the .NET platform for business and for fun since 2001. He has worked for the web agency Esperia in Milan before moving to New Zealand as Chief Software Architect for Calcium Software. Now back in Italy, he works for Avanade as Senior Solution Developer. He also works on the SubText open-source blogging platform. When he’s not writing code, blog posts or taking part in the worldwide .NET community, Simone enjoys free-climbing, mountain climbing and ice climbing.